The Future of Higher Education
The Future of Higher Education
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10.1080/00221546.1950.11775988
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1950-04
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David Melville
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David Melville
如果像我们这样的民主国家要继续保持力量和承诺，那么所有公民都必须接受教育，以充分发挥其能力。尽管这一论点的含义可能会引起激烈而持续的争论，但对于这一与国家活力如此明显相关的基本原则，肯定不应该有真正的分歧。总统高等教育委员会认为，应用这一原则意味着 1960 年该国的学院和大学入学人数应达到 4,600,000 人，几乎是目前入学人数的两倍，并且应采取有力措施使这种入学率成为可能。另一方面，许多教育领导人不同意这种观点，并预计如果这些数字被登记，将会产生可怕的后果。如果这些批评者的分歧是基于对大学入学所需的最低智力资格的不同意见，从而反映了这样一种信念，即许多人在达到大学水平之前应该达到其受教育能力的全部极限，那么就没有必要
IF A democracy such as ours is to continue in strength and promise, all of its citizens must be educated to the fullest possible extent of their capabilities. Although the implications of such a thesis may be debated vigorously and continuously, there surely should be no real disagreement with this basic principle so clearly related to the vitality of the nation. The President's Commission on Higher Education believes that the application of this principle means there should be enrolled in the colleges and universities of this country in I960 a total of 4,600,000 individualsalmost double the present enrollment-and that vigorous steps should be taken to make such attendance possible.' On the other hand, many educational leaders disagree with this contention, and anticipate dire consequences if such numbers are registered. To the extent that these critics base their disagreement upon a difference of opinion as to the minimum intellectual qualifications necessary to justify college attendance, and thus reflect the belief that many persons should attain the full limits of their capacity for education before reaching the college level, there need be no